Search Results: Folklore and Mythology from SmarterRat Books

Oxford University Press, 1989. Softcover. Fine. Fine. 1989 Oxford University Press. Softcover. Black and white illustrations by Joan Kiddell-Monroe. 211 pages. Retold by Kathleen Arnott. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Spine NOT creased. No visible wear to book. Book is gift quality. Appears to be unread. Pages lightly and uniformly tanned but still supple. Pages clean and unmarked.

Meridian - New American Library, 1986. Paperback. Very Good. Near Fine. 1986 Meridian - New American Library. Paperback. Black and white photographs. 252 pages. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Spine NOT creased. Book is in excellent condition with only a hint of shelf wear at the bottom edge and corner. Pages lightly and uniformly tanned but still supple. Pages clean and unmarked.

Limited Editions Club - Cambrige University Press, 1977. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. Fine ; Very Good Slipcase. 1977 Limited Editions Club - Cambridge University Press. Illustrated by David Gentleman. Limited Edition of 1600, this is number 1011. SIGNED by illustrator on limitation page. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Oversize hardcover, 7 x 11 inches, has decorative paper-covered boards with green cloth-covered spine and gold spine lettering and decorations. Color frontispiece. Color plates. Black and white illustrations. 206 pages. Binding tight. Appears to be unread. No visible wear to book. Book is gift quality. Pages clean and unmarked. Includes a small single sheet publisher's flier describing features of the book, laid in front. Olive paper-covered slipcase has light edge and surface wear, with a small round stain about half-inch in diameter on the back, as though from a removed sticker. Edges of slipcase lightly sunned. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

Loring & Mussey. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Good ; No jacket. No date. Circa 1935-1940. Loring & Mussey. Illustrated by H. M. Brock. NOT ex-library. Oversize hardcover has maroon cloth-covered boards with gold spine lettering. Small blind-stamped illustration on front cover of a shaft of wheat and a scythe. Illustrated endpapers have a castle, and a knight and a maiden on horseback. 16 full-page color plates and black & white illustrations. Deckle fore edges. Binding has a few light cracks, but still tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Corners and spine ends bumped and rubbed, with some fraying at tips and spine ends. Covers rubbed and lightly soiled, with faded edges and spine. Covers have some light scratches. Gift inscription and name in ink on front free endpaper, both dated 1940. Small bookstore sticker on rear endpaper. Pages clean and unmarked. Pages very lightly tanned at periphery but still supple. 280 pages. No dust jacket. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

Crown Publishers, Inc., 1989. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Very Good ; Good Jacket. 1989 Crown Publishers, Inc. Hardcover has sky blue textured paper-covered boards with blue cloth-covered spine and gold spine lettering. 264 pages. Remainder mark on top page edges. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Spine ends lightly bumped. Pages clean and unmarked. Dust jacket has light edge and surface wear, with wrinkling at the bottom edge of the front panel. Dust jacket is NOT price clipped. Carefully packed, shipped in a box. "The great stories of Greek and Roman Mythology, specially arranged for children five and up by an educational expert."

Rigby, 1973. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Very Good ; Good+ Jacket. 1973 Rigby, Adelaide, Australia. First Edition, stated. First printing. No additional printings listed. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Oversize hardcover, 11.5 x 13.75 inches, has maroon cloth-covered boards with gold spine lettering. Color and back & white illustrations by Ainslie Roberts. Text by Charles P. Mountford. High-quality glossy paper. 175 pages. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Corners and spine ends lightly bumped. Gift inscription on front free endpaper. Pages otherwise clean and unmarked. Dust jacket has light surface and edge wear, with chips at the corners and spine ends; jacket spine has some scuffs. Carefully packed, shipped in a box. Expedited shipping not available for this item.

Cambridge University Press, 1992. Softcover. Very Good. Very Good. 1992 Cambridge University Press. Third printing of 1991 edition. Softcover. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. 79 pages. Binding tight. Covers have very light edge and surface wear. Spine NOT creased. Covers lightly curled at corners. Pages clean and unmarked.

Ingo Beer Verlag, 2000. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Very Good ; No jacket. 2000 Ingo Beer Verlag, Schwarzenberg, Germany. Third edition. Oversize hardcover, 8.5 x 11.25 inches, has glossy color pictorial paper-covered boards. Illustrated front free endpaper. Color photographs. High-quality glossy paper. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Parallel text in German and English. 120 pages. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Covers have light surface and edge wear. Pages clean and unmarked. No dust jacket. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

Alphabet Press - Neugebauer Press, 1981. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Near Fine ; Near Fine DJ ; Very Good slipcase Alphabet Press, 1981. Hardcover book with dust jacket and pamphlet-style accompanying translation with sewn binding, all in slipcase. Tall oversize (8.5" x 13.5") hardcover book has green cloth-covered boards and white paper spine label with black lettering. Scratch in surface only of cloth on back cover and on bottom of front at spine. Facsimile of illustrated manuscript, faithfully reproducing color variations unique to the vellum original. Printed by Akademische Druck und Verlagsanstalt. 40 pages with full-color illustrations & calligraphy in French by Marie Angel. No wear to edges of book; corners crisp; pages clean and bright. Color illustrated dust jacket has a few light bend on front. Accompanying 16-page booklet of English translations by Sir Edward Marsh of the 17 fables has no wear and crisp corners. Pages clean. Matching green cloth-covered slipcase has a few surface… Read More

Van Vliet Books, 1923. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Good+ ; No jacket. 1923 Van Vliet Books. Apparent first edition. No additional printings listed. Small hardcover has blue cloth-covered boards with gold spine and cover lettering. 12 color illustrations, each of a bouquet arranged in a vase. Each arrangement consists of flowers described in the stories in each chapter. Each chapter has a plain heading page with the title of the chapter; heading page for Chapter 1 is missing. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Corners and spine ends bumped and rubbed, with minor fraying at tips. Covers and edges lightly rubbed. Erasure marks on top corner of front free endpaper. Pages clean and unmarked. 192 pages. No dust jacket. "Van Vliet Books For The Happy Child".

Little Brown and Company, 1972. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Very Good. 1972 Little Brown and Company. Trade paperback. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Black and white photographs and illustrations. Binding tight. Covers have light edge and surface wear. Spine NOT creased. Spine lightly sunned. Pages clean and unmarked. 707 pages.

Shire Publications, 2010. Softcover. Very Good. Very Good. 2010 Shire Publications. Softcover. Color and black and white photographs and illustrations. High-quality glossy paper. 56 pages. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Spine NOT creased. Book is in excellent condition with only a hint of shelf wear. Pages clean and unmarked. One page is dog-eared.

Oxford University Press, 1993. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Very Good+. 1993 Oxford University Press. Oxford Myths and Legends. Trade paperback. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Retold by Barbara Leonie Picard. Black and white illustrations by Joan Kiddell-Monroe. 197 pages. Binding tight. Spine NOT creased. Covers have very light edge and surface wear. Appears to be unread. Pages lightly and uniformly tanned but still supple. Pages clean and unmarked.

Orange Frazer Press, 1996. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Very Good+. 1996 Orange Frazer Press, Wilmington, Ohio. Trade paperback. Black and white illustrations. Binding tight. Appears to be unread. Spine NOT creased. Covers have very light edge and surface wear. Pages clean and unmarked. 261 pages.

Peter Bedrick Books, 1993. Softcover. Very Good. Very Good. 1993 Peter Bedrick Books. Softcover. Oversized, 8.25 x 10.75 inches. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Color illustrations by David O'Connor. Black & white illustrations by John Sibbick. Binding tight. Covers have light edge and surface wear. Spine NOT creased. The bottom edge of the front cover has a small dent that has caused an eighth inch tear; this dent slightly affects the bottom edge first few pages as well. Covers lightly curled at corners. Pages clean and unmarked. 132 pages. Printed in Italy. The World Mythology Series. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

The Limited Editions Club, 1949. Hardcover. Very Good. Very Good ; Good+ Slipcase. 1949 The Limited Editions Club. Limited Edition of 1500, hand numbered, signed by Illustrator Edmund Dulac on the limitation page. This is number 513. No date in book. Oversize hardcover has maroon cloth-covered boards with gold spine lettering and a brass cockerel affixed to the front cover. Color illustrations. The book is then enclosed in a second separate hardcover chemise with maroon paper-covered boards and repeating gold cockerel pattern. Book and chemise slide into maroon paper-covered slipcase. No dust jacket. The brass cockerel is tarnished, espcially around its edges. Includes bound-in page before title page with pre-printed name "Wray Manning". Book and secondary cover have only light wear from infrequently removing it from the slipcase. First half of the pages in the book have sparse light foxing, mostly in margins. Pages otherwise clean and unmarked. 42 pages. The slipcase itself has light fading on… Read More

Checkerboard Press, 1989. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Very Good ; No jacket. 1989 Checkerboard Press. Oversize hardcover, 9.25 x 11.75 inches, has pictorial paper-covered boards. Color and black and white illustrations by Frederick Richardson. Introduction by Irene Hunt. 160 pages. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Corners and spine ends bumped and rubbed, with minor fraying at tips. Covers have light surface and edge wear. Pages clean and unmarked. No dust jacket, as issued. "A collection of 17 traditional tales." Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

Red Wheel, 2002. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Near Fine ; No jacket 2002 Red Wheel. Small six-inch square hardcover has glossy pictorial paper-covered boards. Color photographs and illustrations. 64 pages. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Covers have very light surface wear. Pages clean and unmarked. No dust jacket. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

William Morrow & Company, 1984. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Very Good ; Good Jacket. 1984 William Morrow & Company. First Edition. First printing. Full number line on verso. No additional printings listed. Date on title page matches copyright on verso. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has red paper-covered boards with black cloth-covered spine and gold spine lettering. Black and white illustrations. 148 pages. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Corners of front cover bumped. Pages clean and unmarked. Dust jacket has very light edge and surface wear. Faint moisture stains along bottom edge of back panel and bottom edges of flaps; some staining on inside of jacket as well: book is NOT affected. Vertical crease on rear flap of jacket. Dust jacket is NOT price clipped. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

Oxford University Press, 1989. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Very Good. 1989 Oxford University Press. First published in 1961. Trade paperback. Black and white illustrations by Joan Kiddell-Monroe. 230 pages. "Retold by J. E. B. Grey". NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Spine NOT creased. Covers have very light edge and surface wear. Pages lightly and uniformly tanned but still supple. Pages clean and unmarked.